[At those words, your heart leaped into your throat.]
[Your breathing quickened slightly.]
["Every few centuries, the Human Alliance organizes a large-scale counteroffensive."]
["The targets are Spirit Vein nodes occupied by the Abnormal Clan."]
["What you need often grows on those nodes."]
[Wen Dao's gaze passed over you and settled on the distant edge of the sea of clouds.]
["The next counteroffensive is coming soon."]
[Your pupils contracted.]
["How soon?"]
["Within ten years."]
[Ten years.]
[For you, that was barely enough time for a single retreat into seclusion.]
["This counteroffensive will be larger than any before it."]
[Wen Dao went on.]
["Because the target isn't an ordinary Spirit Vein node."]
["It's the Taiyuan Old Domain."]
[The Taiyuan Old Domain.]
[You had no memory of that place.]
["The Taiyuan Old Domain was once the foremost of the Weiyang Immortal Domain's ten domains."]
[Wen Dao slowed his speech.]
["It had the densest Spirit Veins, the richest resources, and the highest-quality natural habitat for Immortal Medicine."]
["After the Abnormal Clan conquered the Taiyuan Old Domain, it became territory jointly ruled by three Bizarre Emperors."]
[Three.]
[Bizarre Emperors.]
[You repeated the words silently.]
["The Alliance has been preparing this counteroffensive for over eight hundred years."]
["When the time comes, at least five Great Emperors of the Human Race will join forces with the various factions to launch a frontal assault on the Taiyuan Old Domain."]
["Great Emperor against Great Emperor, to open a breach."]
["Those with Immortal Emperor-level strength will charge into the Taiyuan Old Domain and seize its resources."]
["Including Immortal Medicine."]
[Wen Dao turned to face you.]
[In the dim light, his gray eyes held no warmth.]
["Your cultivation is low, but your talent isn't bad."]
["You might have a chance to reach the heart of the Spirit Veins and seize Immortal